Crisis in Ukraine can only be resolved by direct talks between world leaders, Putin – Tymoshenko

16:07, 27.03.2014 1 min read

Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivschyna party, former prime minister of Ukraine, and a potential presidential candidate, said the situation in Ukraine can be resolved only by the leaders of world powers through negotiations directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The situation in Ukraine can only be resolved through direct negotiations between world leaders and Putin," Tymoshenko told a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

Russia is ready to have negotiations with Kyiv "essentially only at the level of capitulation," she said. "If the world community does not want to support and leave Ukraine alone, it will be unfair," she said.

"I consider Vladimir Putin to be Ukraine's enemy number one," Tymoshenko said.